Per million is "per million", so the indicator is independent from a population size. Do you understand the concept of "per million"?

No it is not. It is a ratio based off the murders / population = x / 1 mln with x / 1mln being rhe murder rate per 1 mln. If a country has a larger population, even if it has more murders than another country it will have a lower murder rate per mln as a result. This is different tban simply murder rate which does not adjust per mln, and simply divided murders/population, which is higher in germany than poland even though murder rate per mln is higher in pl because less murders but far smaller population.

The rates however are lower.

Not the overall murder rate, amount of murders, amount of rapes and rapes per mln. All higher in germany than poland. Poland is only higher in murder rate per mln due to the smaller population from which this ratio is calculated

Honestly, do you get some sort of validation by repeating the same absurd - and more than once refuted arguments - over and over again?

As pointed out to you several times, education policies (and thus financing) are heavily directed by the Länder/counties, and indeed are probably the strongest proof of Germany's federalized nature. The entire budget combined spend on education is around 200bn€.

Probably best to have a word with the person who took the thread off-topic; no offence intended, however threads on all sorts of topics seem to drift to certain issues, often to deliberately distract. This actually mirrors a wider issue in Poland and nearby states.

The current matters of crime rates, demographics, refugees are tangientally related to US/Russia relations, in that it's in Russia's interest to cause internal conflict in Europe.

The 'Fort trump' thing wouldn't make the slightest difference to that. What would make a difference is to stay on top of Putin's cyberwarfare which has involved Russian hacking of major computer systems in Europe, his propaganda machine both covert and overt, and his undue influence (perhaps with kompromat) of certain politicians.

And the battle on that particular front can be done from anywhere in Europe or outside; no need for 'Fort trump'.

Russia has no leverage over Germany, certainly no more than Germany has over Russia with Nord Stream. As pointed out many times already, this is just one of the many (over 5000) lies Trump has made up since he became president.

Basic common sense should tell anyone, that even if you eventually account for less than 20% of another countries energy supply, you won't be able to blakckmail them with anything.

This is why I said eventually. Currently Russia accounts for 10% of Germany's energy supply. With Nord Stream 2 it would become slightly less than 20%. Neither 10 or even 20% are any groubd for blackmail.

Since Nord Stream flows directly from Russia to Germany, they enable Putin to shut off gas supplies to Nations in Eastern Europe.... POLAND, Ukraine and other Baltic nations while keeping supplies flowing to Germany.

And? I thought you Americans liked the free market, you know, freedom to sell what you want to who you want. I mean, how nice of you to promote socialist measures such as forcing private companies to sell to people that they don't want to sell to.

That was before - now Trump wants to insulate Americans from the free market and force them to pay more for inferior home produced products. It's a message that resonates in Steubenville Ohio so it must be right.

It is alive!!I think you just try to provoke some people here. If that your only purpose of posting here i.e. trolling maybe you should just quit this forum>?

shut off gas supplies to Nations in Eastern Europe.... POLAND, Ukraine and other Baltic nations while keeping supplies flowing to Germany.

Exactly. Germany is using NATO to secure their country and at the same time is undreaming it with their Russia deals. If some 10% gains they are willing to do that. what will they do for 40%? Attack USA? What kind of a NATO member Germany is? They declaration as to good relation with Poland is just cheap tall, deeds are louder than words. They prove with the north stream their real intents towards Poland.

Sources please as my sources tells me that four years ago (before Nord Stream) it was closer to 25%.

Germany is using NATO to secure their country and at the same time is undreaming it with their Russia deals

Exactly, this kind of domineering is a big part of WHY Britain wants out of the E.U.Once Russian gas starts flowing thru Nord Stream into Germany DIRECT much of it can be shipped to France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and other Western nations.

This puts Germany in a position of Power over Western Europe in the same way Russia will have power over Eastern Europe.Germany already controls Europe which a blind man can see by the construction of the pipeline even with the objections from other European countries.Nord Stream will allow Germany to dictate policy even more so over Europe.We now see the stage being set for the resurrection of the Holy Roman Empire.And people it is going to be a terrible and very violent resurrection.

And what will it be when Nord Stream is completed ?And how much gas from Nord Stream coming thru Germany will be distributed to Western Europe ?Do you remember reading about back in history just before WW2 when Germany and Russia made a deal in which Hitler basically said to Stalin, "Stay out of it Russia and we will take over Europe, then the two of us can split up Poland and other countries between us."

That deal was broken by Germany when Hitler realized that Germany could not conquer Britain and attacked Russia.Nord Stream allows Germany just one more weapon of leverage against the E.U. this time around.One more reason for a Camp Trump in Poland.

What's the problem? Russia has been delivering gas for over 40 years now without issue. If you're so concerned about Russians controlling energy supply, why don't you complain about the Hungarian power plant being built - without competitive tender - by the Russians? It will mean the Hungarian power supply is controlled and dominated by Russia. Aren't you concerned about that?

Europeans are also decidedly unmipressed by the orange baby's attempt to bully them over their supply of energy.

Do you remember the one and only time the gas supply to the West was shut off? The reason for Nord Stream? Or should I remind you?

It was a blackmail by Ukraine, as it was using the gas in their dispute with Gazprom and didn't want to pay. Ukraine was counting on the russians not stopping the gas delivery because they new Germany and western Europe waited for it. They miscalculated and Germany and other western countries started to freeze.

PURE BLACKMAIL and the winter was just starting.

That was what set the wheels in motion and made Germans and western European look for better ways to secure the gas. Not Russia is the problem but the many countries between Russia and western Europe. Do we trust Russia do deliver? YES! Do we trust you with our gas? NO!

Once Russian gas starts flowing thru Nord Stream into Germany DIRECT much of it can be shipped to France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and other Western nations

Exactly. Russia has been delivering problem-free for years, even during the height of the Cold War in the 1980's. Germany is also building an LNG terminal, so they'll have the choice of gas imports from elsewhere in Europe, Russia, the USA and Qatar among others. Works perfectly for Germany, and balanced imports is what any country should strive for.

Poland is only crying about it because they won't be able to blackmail Russia over transit.

Yeah...they keep crying about Germany as an energy captive of Russia. But what they really mean is Germany should stay an energy captive of Ukraine and Poland, the transit countries.

THAT is the real reason of all this whining and that faked concern for Germany's energy needs . The worst hypocrits! Do they really think nobody gets that? And that's why the new pipeline will be build...because all these repeated "concerns" are FAKE with only one goal, to keep the status quo, to keep their "leverage" against Russia, at the costs of Germany and western Europe, that's all!